The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after 2,600 years’ worth of tiny shocks, however, ...

Study discovered that sliding creates different forces at the front and back of objects. This causes uneven charges and ...

For the first time, scientists explain how rubbing a surface creates electrical current. Researchers at Northwestern ...

Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet across the carpet knows that rubbing objects together generates static ...

The evolution of static electricity by evaporation was illustrated by pouring water into a small heated vessel placed on the electrometer. This mode ot excitiag electricity possesses peculiar ...

We have known about the phenomenon of static electricity since at least the time of Aristotle. Aristotle credits fellow ...

As the weather grows colder and the air drier, static electricity becomes common. Some people experience static shocks more than others, raising concerns about whether these shocks could harm ...

Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet across the carpet knows that rubbing objects together generates static electricity ... Earth's inner core—a solid ball of iron and nickel ...

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Researchers have developed a robotic leg with artificial muscles. Inspired by living creatures, it jumps across different terrains in an agile and energy-efficient manner.

Over the years we’ve featured quite a few radiatioactivity detectors, which usually include a Geiger-Muller tube, or perhaps a large-area photodiode. But in the event of radiation exposure from ...